xxi, 596 pages : 25 cm

Revised edition of: Biochemistry of lipids and membranes / edited by Dennis E. Vance and Jean E. Vance. c1985

Includes bibliographical references and index

Physical properties and functional roles of lipids in membranes / Pieter R. Cullis, Michael J. Hope -- Lipid metabolism in procrayotes / Suzanne Jackowski, John E. Cronan Jr., Charles O. Rock -- Oxidation of fatty acids / Horst Schulz -- Fatty acid synthesis in eucaryotes / Alan G. Goodridge -- Fatty acid desaturation and chain elongation in eucaryotes / Harold W. Cook -- Metabolism of triacylglycerols / David N. Brindley -- Phospholipid metabolism and cell signalling in eucaryotes / Dennis E. Vance -- Metabolism, regulation, and function of ether-linked glycerolipids and their bioactive species / Fred Snyder -- Phospholipases / Moseley Waite -- The eicosanoids : cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase pathways / William L. Smith, Pierre Borgeat, Frank A. Fitzpatrick -- Sphingolipids / Charles C. Sweeley -- Cholesterol : evolution of structure and function / Konrad Bloch -- Regulation of sterol biosynthesis and isoprenylation of proteins / Peter A. Edwards -- Lipoprotein structure and secretion / Roger A. Davis -- Dynamics of lipoprotein transport in the circulatory system / Phoebe E. Fielding, Christopher J. Fielding -- Removal of lipoproproteins from plasma / Wolfgang J. Schneider -- Lipid assembly into cell membranes / Dennis R. Voelker -- Assembly of proteins into membranes / Reinhart A.F. Reithmeier

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